# 2022–23 1. FC Köln season

The 2022–23 season was the 75th season in the history of 1. FC Köln and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 29 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Timo Horn (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Kristian Pedersen |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Nikola Soldo |
| 6 | MF | GER | Eric Martel |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubičić |
| 8 | MF | GER | Denis Huseinbasic |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Andersson |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth |
| 14 | MF | GER | Jonas Hector (captain) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian |
| 17 | MF | GER | Kingsley Schindler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe |
| 21 | MF | GER | Steffen Tigges |
| 23 | MF | ARM | Sargis Adamyan |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 25 | FW | GER | Tim Lemperle |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri |
| 29 | MF | GER | Jan Thielmann |
| 33 | FW | GER | Florian Dietz |
| 37 | MF | GER | Linton Maina |
| 42 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Limnios |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing |
| 47 | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen |
| 48 | DF | GER | Georg Strauch |
| — | GK | GER | Julian Roloff |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Jens Castrop (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Marvin Obuz (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | GER | Jonas Urbig (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Kristian Pedersen | Birmingham City | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 7 | DF | Eric Martel | RB Leipzig | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Denis Huseinbasic | Kickers Offenbach | €50,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Luca Kilian | Mainz 05 | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | FW | Steffen Tigges | Borussia Dortmund | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 37 | MF | Linton Maina | Hannover 96 | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Sargis Adamyan | 1899 Hoffenheim | €1,500,000 | 5 July 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Nikola Soldo | Locomotiva Zagreb | €600,000 | 1 September 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Davie Selke | Hertha BSC | Free | 2 January 2023 |
| | GK | Julian Roloff | Cavalry FC | Free | 15 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | DF | Yann Aurel Bisseck | AGF | €670,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Salih Özcan | Borussia Dortmund | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Louis Schaub | Hannover 96 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Jannes Horn | VfL Bochum | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Marvin Obuz | Holstein Kiel | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 31 | MF | Tomáš Ostrák | St. Louis City | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Anthony Modeste | Borussia Dortmund | €5,000,000 | 8 August 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Kingsley Ehizibue | Udinese | €1,000,000 | 30 August 2022 |
| 36 | MF | Niklas Hauptmann | Dynamo Dresden | Undisclosed | 31 August 2022 |
| 40 | GK | Jonas Urbig | Jahn Regensburg | Loan | 6 January 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Noah Katterbach | Hamburger SV | Loan | 17 January 2023 |
| 18 | MF | Ondrej Duda | Hellas Verona | Loan | 29 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 7 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 18 August 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 030.23 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 43 |
| 11 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 42 |
| 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 36 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 36 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NCE | PRT | KLN | SVK |
| 1 | Nice | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Partizan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Slovácko | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Timo Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 27 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Kristian Pedersen | 13 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers | 27 | 2 | 18+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Nikola Soldo | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | GER | Greg Strauch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Eric Martel | 26 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubicic | 23 | 6 | 12+5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Denis Huseinbasic | 20 | 4 | 7+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 30 | 5 | 21+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Jonas Hector | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Kingsley Schindler | 25 | 1 | 4+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Steffen Tigges | 28 | 6 | 16+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ARM | Sargis Adamyan | 29 | 2 | 3+18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri | 31 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Jan Thielmann | 20 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Linton Maina | 32 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Limnios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GER | Tim Lemperle | 12 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Florian Dietz | 18 | 3 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 43 | FW | GER | Maximilian Schmid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | GER | Justin Diehl | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GER | Bright Arrey-Mbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 18 | 2 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Jonas Urbig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 March 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | | Dejan Ljubicic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | MF | 21 | | Steffen Tigges | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | MF | 28 | | Ellyes Skhiri | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | | Florian Kainz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | | Denis Huseinbasic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 33 | | Florian Dietz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | | Timo Hübers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | | Ondrej Duda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | | Sargis Adamyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 37 | | Linton Maina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | | Benno Schmitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 13 | | Mark Uth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | | Luca Kilian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | | Kingsley Schindler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 29 | | Jan Thielmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 2 | 12 | 46 |
Last updated: 12 February 2023